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Rana Husnain
June 24, 2019
Playa Del Carmen:
Playa Del Carmen is located along the Caribbean Sea, in the municipality of
Solidaridad, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is a most popular tourist
area in eastern Mexico. Playa Del Carmen features a wide array of tourist
activities due to its geographical located in the Riviera Maya. The Town has
one of the fastest to grow in population size in the Mexico.
Geography:
Playa Del Carmen located within the Riviera Maya. Playa Del Carmen runs from south of Cancun to
Tulum and the Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve. The Xcaret Eco Park, a
Mexican-themed "Eco-archaeological Park" is a most popular tourist
destination which located just south of the town in Xcaret.
In October 2005, Hurricane Wilma passed directly over the Playa Del Carmen,
remaining in the vicinity for two days and causing significant damage and a
temporary drop in tourist arrivals. It moved to north along the Mexican coast
and hitting Cancun especially hard.
Tourism:
Tourist activity is Playa Del Carmen centers in Quinta Avanade, or Fifth
Avenue, which stretches from Calle 1 Norte to Callle 40. A pedestrian walkway located just one or two blocks inland form
the beach, Fifth Avenue is lined with hundreds of shops, bar, and restaurants.
There are many small boutique hotels in and just off Fifth Avenue and on the
beach.
Playa car is a residential and tourist development in Playa Del Carmen just
south of the main urban area. Most of the all-inclusive hotels, the aviary and
the golf course are located in the development. There are two phases –phases 1
is mostly residential with a few hotels and some stores, while phases 2
contains the largest all-inclusive resorts as well as the golf course and a
significant number of residential properties.
Playa Del Carmen is host to several major annual events. The largest of
these was The BPM Festival, a world-famous electronic dance music festival
which, up until recently, took place in January each year.
Sport:
The city is home to Inter Playa Del Carmen an association football club
founded 1999, which competes in the south group if the Segundo Division
Professional the third tier of Mexican football league system.
Noma (resort)
Noma is a two Michelin Star resort run by Chef Rene Redzepi in Copenhagen,
Denmark. The name is a syllabic Abbreviation of the two Danish words “nor disk”
(Nordic) and “mad” food. Opened in 2003, the resort is known for its
reinvention and interpretation of the Nordic Cuisine. In 2010, 2011, 2012 and
2014, it was ranked as the Best Resort in the World by Restaurant magazine.
History:
Noma’s original located was in an old warehouse on the waterfront in the
Christianshavn neighborhood in central Copenhagen.
The Building is situated by the Greenlandic Trading Square (Danish:
Gronlandske Handel Plads), which for 200 years was a center of trade to and from
the Faroese Island, Finn mark, Iceland, and in particular, Greenland. Dry Fish,
salted herring, whale oil and skins are among the goods that were stored in and
around the warehouse before being sold off to European markets.
In 2003, the warehouse was turned into North Atlantic House, a center for
the art and culture of the North Atlantic region. The Resort interior is
designed by Space Copenhagen.
The between 12 and 16 February 2013, 63 of 435 diners after eating at Noma,
according to a Danish Food Administration report. The symptoms were attributed
to nor virus which was believed to have been unintentionally spread by an
infected kitchen employee.
Redzepi Planned to close Noma after 31 December 2016 and reopen it in 2017
as an urban farm near Copenhagen.
Noma Reopened
on 15 February 2018 after a year hiatus. The Resort itself also moved from its
previous Strandgade located housing Resort Barr, it current location on
Refshalevej.
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